One morning in late July 2007, I was sitting on my back porch with dog, my coffee and my morning newspaper when the telephone rang. It was an advertising manager in The Virginian-Pilot’s office in Norfolk calling basically to tell me I was fired from my job of 16 years as editor of The Island […]
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The Plight of the Monarchs
September in Eastern North Carolina is the beginning of one of Mother Nature’s great annual events — the fall migration of the monarch butterflies. All over the United States these lovely insects are on the move, with the eastern population heading to groves of fir trees in Mexico where they will congregate by the millions. […]
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Outer Banks Angling: September brings signs of what’s to come
Hard to imagine that yet another summer tourist season is over and another school year has began. Unlike some places, such as Orlando, Fla., where there is a very strong tourist season year round, the Outer Banks’ really busy season lasts about three months. We slowly build into summer through the spring, but the tourist […]
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Newly constructed ORV Ramp 25 to open on Sept. 11
The newly constructed off-road vehicle Ramp 25, located south of the village of Salvo and north of the village of Avon, will open to the public on Thursday, Sept. 11. “While the adjacent paved parking area for the boardwalk is not fully complete yet, we made the opening of the new ORV ramp a […]
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Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum completion is pushed back again By CATHERINE KOZAK
Completion of the exhibit design for the seemingly always almost-finished Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum is continuing to be pushed back, with a final plan likely another year out. “We have revamped the plan to reflect a more engaging content,” said Joseph Schwarzer, the museum’s executive director. “I think we’ve identified the broad overall needs.” […]
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Coastal Primer: A closer look atcritical habitat for loggerheads
Fifty years from now the average annual number of loggerhead sea turtle nests should nearly triple on beaches from North Carolina to Georgia. That’s the projection and a goal the federal government has set in designating critical habitat for loggerheads, a species that has, for decades, been listed on the Endangered Species Act of 1973. […]
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Coast Guard rescues tangled sea turtle in Oregon Inlet
Members from the U.S. Coast Guard and National Park Service biologist rescued a loggerhead sea turtle Sunday, Aug. 31, in Oregon Inlet. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina in Wilmington received word from a good Samaritan boater that the turtle was tangled in a line and dragging a plastic bucket in the vicinity of […]
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